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...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
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...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

