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...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

