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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

