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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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