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...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown