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...
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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