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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
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