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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
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