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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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