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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

