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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

