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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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