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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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