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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
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