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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
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