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
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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