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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

