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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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