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
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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