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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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