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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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