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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St 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 Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

