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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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