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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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