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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

