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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

