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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown