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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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