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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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