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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
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 Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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