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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

