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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

