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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

