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
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
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...

