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
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

