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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

