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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
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