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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

