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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

