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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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