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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

