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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

