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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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