The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Twin Cities Area
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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