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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

