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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown