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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

