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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

