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...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Old Brewery In Preston