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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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