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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

