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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

