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
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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