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...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston