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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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