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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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