At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Twin Cities Area
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. Itโs dwarfed by the...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

