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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

