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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

