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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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