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...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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