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
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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