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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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