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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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