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...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

