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
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

