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
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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