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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate 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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

