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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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