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
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

