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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
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...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Eloise Butler?
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Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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