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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

