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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
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Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor 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
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