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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

