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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

