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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

