At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Twin Cities Area
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindstrรถm. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Donโt...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

