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...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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