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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

