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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

