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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

