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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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