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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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