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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

