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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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