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
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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