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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

