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