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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

