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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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