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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
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