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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...

