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

