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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

