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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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