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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

