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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

