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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
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...

