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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

