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
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
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...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

