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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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