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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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