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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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