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 Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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