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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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