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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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