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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

