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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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