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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

