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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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