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