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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
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 Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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