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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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