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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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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