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
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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