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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

