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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

