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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston