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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

