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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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
