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
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown