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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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