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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
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...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...

