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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building 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...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

