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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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