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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

