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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

