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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown