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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

