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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

