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...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

