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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

