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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

