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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...

