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
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul