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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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