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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

