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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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