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...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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