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