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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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