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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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