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
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

