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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

