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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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