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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

