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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
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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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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