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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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
Old Brewery In Preston