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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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