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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

