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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

