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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown