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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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