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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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