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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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