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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City