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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

