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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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