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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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