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...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston