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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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