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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

