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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

