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 and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
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...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

