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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

