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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

