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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

