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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

