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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

