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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

