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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
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...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

