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