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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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