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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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