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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown