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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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