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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown