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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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