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
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
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...

