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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

