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...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...

