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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

