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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor 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