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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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