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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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