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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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