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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

