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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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