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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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