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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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