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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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