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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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