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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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