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 Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown