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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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