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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

