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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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