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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...

