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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

