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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
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...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...

