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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

