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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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