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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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