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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
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