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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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
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