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
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

