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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
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