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

