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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City