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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...

