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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

