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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
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 Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown