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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

