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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

