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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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