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...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

