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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
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...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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