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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
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