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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

