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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor 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