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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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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