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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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