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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

