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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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