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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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