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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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