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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
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