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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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