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...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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