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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

