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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

