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...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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