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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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