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