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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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