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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

