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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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