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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

