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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

