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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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