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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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