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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

