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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

