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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

