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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

