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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul