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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

