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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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