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...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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