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