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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

