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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
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
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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