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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul