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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

