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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul