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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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