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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

