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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

