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