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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...

