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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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