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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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