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