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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
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 Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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