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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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