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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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