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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

