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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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