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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

