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
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston