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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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