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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

