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...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park 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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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