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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul