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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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