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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

