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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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