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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

