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 Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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