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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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