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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

