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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
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...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

