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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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