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