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
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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