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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
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