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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

