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...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

