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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

