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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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