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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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