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
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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