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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

