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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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