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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
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...
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
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

