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