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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School 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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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