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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

