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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
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...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

