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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

