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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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