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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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