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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
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...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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