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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

