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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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