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