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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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