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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...

