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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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