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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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