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...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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