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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

