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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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