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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
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