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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
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