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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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