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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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