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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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