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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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