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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

