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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

