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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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