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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
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...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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