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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
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...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

