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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

