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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
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