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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

