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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

