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...
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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