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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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