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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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