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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot 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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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