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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...

