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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

