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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

