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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown