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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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