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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
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