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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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