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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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