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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

