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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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