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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

