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
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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