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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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