At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Twin Cities Area
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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...

