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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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