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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

