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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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