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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

