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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

