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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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