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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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