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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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