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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

