At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Twin Cities Area
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If youโve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

