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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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