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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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