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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown