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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

