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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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