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...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
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