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