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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...

