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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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