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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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