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