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 Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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