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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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