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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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