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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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