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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

