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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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