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
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

