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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

