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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

