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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

