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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
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