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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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