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...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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