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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

