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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

