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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

