At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Twin Cities Area
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

