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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
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...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor 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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown