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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge 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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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