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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor 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