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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

