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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

