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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
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
Old Brewery In Preston