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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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 first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

