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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown