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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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