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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

