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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

