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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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