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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

