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
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital 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