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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

