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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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