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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

