The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Twin Cities Area
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City