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...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

