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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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
