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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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