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...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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