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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
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