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...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
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