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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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