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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

