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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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