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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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