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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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