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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
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 Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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