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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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