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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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