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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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