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
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

