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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

