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...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston