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
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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