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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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