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
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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