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...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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
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