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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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