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
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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