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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

