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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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