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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
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
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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