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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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