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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

