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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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