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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Donโt you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his motherโs death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

