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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

