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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

