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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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