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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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