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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

