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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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