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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

