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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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