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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

