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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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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