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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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