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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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