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