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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston