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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston