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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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