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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
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...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul