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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

