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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

