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

