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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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