At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Twin Cities Area
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

