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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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