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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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