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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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