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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

