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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown