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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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