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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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