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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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