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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House 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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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