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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

