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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

