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 Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

