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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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