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
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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