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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

