At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Twin Cities Area
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although itโs difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
โOnce upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

