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
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

