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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown