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