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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

