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...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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