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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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