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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

