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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

