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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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