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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
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...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
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...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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