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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

