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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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