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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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