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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

