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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

