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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
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...
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
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

