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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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