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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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
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