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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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