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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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