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...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

