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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...

