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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
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...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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