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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
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...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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