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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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