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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
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...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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