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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

