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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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