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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
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 Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

