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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

