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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
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
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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