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
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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