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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

