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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

