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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
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