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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

