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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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