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...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

