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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
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