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