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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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